Non-Current Tournaments: Last Title Holder

Tournament Current Champion Sort ascending Descripton
South London Alistair Wall

A tournament held near Clapham Junction.

Manchester Summer Alistair Wall

3-round McMahon tournament. 40 minutes time limit, then accelerating overtime of 20 stones in 5 minutes, increasing by 20 stones each period (so, 20 in 5 mins, then 40, 60, 80 and so on).
Komi is 7 stones, so drawn games are allowed. Prizes for 2.5 or 3 wins. Inaugural event in 2018. Not held in 2019/2020.

It's called 'Manchester Summer' as it's deliberately held in the Summer Term,
so that N-W students have a local tournament that they can attend, that term.

Free coffee, tea and biscuits.
Bringing a packed lunch would be best. There are local shops, but the nominal lunch-period is just 40 minutes (much less if 2 long-thinkers play each other).

Costs: Note that "BGA member" here means "member of one's national Go association"
£8 BGA member & no concession
£5 BGA member with concession
£11 non-member
£8 non-member with concession
£3 non-member & playing their first-ever EGD tournament
Free: BGA member & playing their first-ever EGD tournament

Registration: 9:30 - 10:00. Prizegiving 4:30.
Provisional Timings:
Round 1 ... 10:30
Lunch ... 12:00
Round 2 ... 12:40
Round 3 ... 14:40
Prizes at ... 16:30
Vacate ... 16:55

Women's World Qualifier Alison Jones

This tournament was formerly held primarily to select a British entry for the World Women’s Amateur Go Tournament.

South London Kyu Players Alison Bexfield

In the main tournament in 2013 students were split into three groups, each of which played a Swiss tournament with handicap equal to grade difference. In 2015 it was a single Swiss group.

In the side tournament the teachers all play each other, together with any other dan players present, in a round-robin tournament with all games even.

Was held in West London in 2015.

Cambridge MSO Dans' Alex Selby

An event for Dan players held as part of the Cambridge Mind Sports Olympiad.

KGS Alex Kent

On online event played on KGS.

Scottish Barlow Alex Kent

A tournament that excluded higher dan graded players.

Bournemouth Alan Thornton

Tournament held in or near Bournemouth.

Weak Knee Dans Grand Prix Alan Thornton

Grand Prix for the 2d (ni dan) who lost the most games during the year.

Our Online League (Teams) Chester A

Our League Tournament is designed to be played mainly over the Internet. The purpose is to encourage interaction between players in different areas of the country and to encourage online play amongst members of our Association.

The league has not been held since 2018.

Individual Leagues ran from January 2011 to October 2012.

Other Leagues

Other regional leagues have been held, mostly in the 1970s and early 1980s, but reporting of results was patchy.

In addition the Jubilee Challenge Trophy (a Goban) was instigated for the Queen's Silver Jubilee in 1977. After a few years of competition it was won by Leamington, who still hold it.

British Student

British Go Association Online Student Championship

Students are defined as

  • Under-18 or
  • Under-26 and studying full-time or part-time at a UK approved educational establishment

Note: this is different to the BGA membership concessionary rate definition

Black Bull

Handicap tournament held in Worcestershire and sponsored by Black Bull Perry. Was replaced by the West Surrey Handicap.

Devon

Tournament held in Devon, later moved to Cornwall

Leamington

See Coventry

London (Miscellaneous)

Various events held in London mainly at the IVC/CLGC.

RTP Handicap

See West Surrey

Woodford

See Wanstead

Youth Small Board

One-off event in 1999, held alongside the Wanstead Tournament.

Fuseki Follow-On

In this tournament, a professional game had been chosen which had a close result and was adjudged close after the fuseki. Each player played this same game four times, twice as black and twice as white.